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A fully illustrated, innovative look at the killing sprees of twenty-five notorious killers * The idea of the wandering murderer, leaving a trail of mutilated bodies in his wake, has long fascinated……続きを見る

The fifth installment of the bestselling Intellectual Devotional series features 365 captivating entries about the most celebrated personalities in history. Like its compulsively readable predecesso……続きを見る

Everyone who was alive remembers where they were the day John F. Kennedy was shot; but that’s just a brief moment in time. What shaped the countryーand even the worldーwasn’t that brief moment…it wa……続きを見る

Missing from much of the scholarship on 18th century British politics is recognition of the extensive participation of aristocratic women. Fortunately, as a literate and self-conscious group, these ……続きを見る

Can you name...Newton's 3 laws of motion?The 4 horsemen of the Apocalypse?The 5 pillars of Islam? The 6 wives of Henry VIII?The 7 kinds of plane triangles? The 8 Beatitudes?If you're not sure about ……続きを見る

Das leicht verständliche Nachschlagewerk! Mit diesem kompakten Handbuch zur Weltgeschichte erhält der Leser ein Kompendium historischen WIssens, das alle bedeutenden historisch-politischen, geistige……続きを見る

The Reformation was arm-in-arm with the Renaissance, and the world was turning upside down. Erasmus "laid the egg that hatched the Reformation," but he feared to be part of it. Luther did not have t……続きを見る

Example in this ebook PART I. THE BATTLE OF THE ANCRE. CHAPTER I. THE IMPROMPTU VICTORY. The Ancre Front, 13th November. You read the reports. The names of the places that have been taken, the ca……続きを見る

The Vietnam War is anything but a forgotten war. Even today, the strategies that led to an unexpected American defeat are hotly debated, and much remains controversial and unclear, which is not surp……続きを見る

Het nieuwe staatshoofd van Nederland is een man. Familie en vrienden noemen hem Alexander. Maar wie is hij? Hoe lang heeft hij geworsteld met zijn lot? Met wie is hij bevriend? Wie zijn de mensen ac……続きを見る

"Knowledge is of two kinds," said Samuel Johnson in 1775. "We know a subject ourselves, or we know where we can find information upon it." Today we think of Wikipedia as the source of all informatio……続きを見る

Die Umerziehung der Deutschen nach 1945 war eines der mentalitätsgeschichtlich prägendsten Ereignisse der Nachkriegszeit. Schrenck-Notzing zeigt minutiös auf, wie die Idee der "Re-education" Deutsch……続きを見る

For fifty years, A Colorado History has provided a comprehensive and accessible panoramic history of the Centennial State. From the arrival of the Paleo-Indians to contemporary times, this enlarged ……続きを見る

Be amazing Who says you can't? It's time to get off the couch and take your life to the next level. Step one: stand on the shoulders of geniuses What good are the world's greatest geniuses if you ……続きを見る

First published in 1994, these two volumes are intended as a supplement to the four-volume edition edited by Gordon N. Ray in 1945-46. In writing to his broad range of correspondents, Thackeray prod……続きを見る

First published in 1994, these two volumes are intended as a supplement to the four-volume edition edited by Gordon N. Ray in 1945-46. In writing to his broad range of correspondents, Thackeray prod……続きを見る

From the author of the New York Times bestseller Letters of Note comes a collection of 75 of history's most interesting, profound, and sometimes unknown speeches from a range of scintillating person……続きを見る

Everything went wrong. Having crossed the Atlantic for about 3 months and getting stuck in the ice of Hudsons Strait for another three weeks, the band of Swiss emigrants had to row with great hardsh……続きを見る

The Decline and Fall of Practically Everyone is a concise history of humanity. It is written from the point of view of someone whose outlook on life has been transformed by primal therapy and who ha……続きを見る

Meisterhaft schildert Edgar Wolfrum das außergewöhnlichste Jahrhundert der Weltgeschichte und bietet zugleich eine neue Interpretation des ganzen Zeitalters unter länderübergreifender Perspektive. E……続きを見る

Jedes Zeitalter hat seine Krankheit. Und keine Krankheit prägte das 19. und frühe 20. Jahrhundert so sehr wie die Tuberkulose, damals bekannt als Schwindsucht. Ulrike Moser wirft anhand des zeitgenö……続きを見る

For too long we’ve lacked a compact, inexpensive, authoritative, and compulsively readable book that offers American readers a clear, informative, and inspiring narrative account of their country. S……続きを見る

Über das Ende der religiösen Vielfalt und Akzeptanz im alten Rom - eingeläutet durch das Christentum. Das alte Rom war in vielerlei Hinsicht fortschrittlich. Unzählige Götter und Religionen lebten i……続きを見る

Von Pflanzen, Pulvern und bunten Pillen: Die Geschichte der Medizin unterhaltsam erzählt Eine Impfung bewahrt vor den schlimmsten Krankheiten, Antibiotika retten Leben und Tabletten sind aus unseren……続きを見る

This is the first study of a transhumant cattle-raising community in Spain. Transhumance is the seasonal moving of livestock to another region. This book shows the social and economic factors upon w……続きを見る

Sind Gedenkstättenbesuche von Schülerinnen und Schülern in Auschwitz-Birkenau zielführend? Der Debatte um verpflichtende Besuche in KZ-Gedenkstätten für alle deutschen Schülerinnen und Schüler fehlt……続きを見る

Den Zeitraum von neun Tagen, den ein Tropfen Wasser durchschnittlich in der Atmosphäre verbleibt, können wir leicht nachvollziehen. Aber die Hunderte von Jahren, die sich ein Molekül Kohlendioxid, d……続きを見る

Seit Jahrhunderten befasst sich die Schweiz mit der Frage, ob sie sich aussenpolitisch öffnen soll und wie diese Öffnung auszusehen hat. Im 20. Jahrhundert beherrschte diese Debatte die schweizerisc……続きを見る

Ever wonder why everyone wants to immigrate to America? Rediscovering America answers that question, and it’s like no other history you have ever read. More than an account of people, dates, and eve……続きを見る

The world as we know it... would be radically different were it not for the role that accidents, chance, and pure luck have played throughout history. Each chapter of "Serendipity" sets a pivotal ev……続きを見る